Inkstand.



P. M. ASHLEY.

INKSTAND.

APPLIOATION FILED MA-R.1, 1910.

1,093,677, 7 Patented Apr. 21, 19m

3(- WITNESSES:

FRANK M. ASHLEY, on NEW YORK, N. Y

' INKST'AND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed March 1, 1910. Serial No. 546,622.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK M. ASHLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to inkstands, and the object of my invention is to provide an inksand which may be made complete in two pieces, in which the cover for the stand is made to reciprocate thereon to open and close the stand, and in which the cover is provided with a depending portion which serves to act as a stop to limit the movement of the cover in either direction.

A further object of my stand is to provide means to protect the evaporation of ink from the main reservoir as far as possible, and to provide a construction in which the base or body portion of the stand presents a smooth surface, so that it may be easily ground and polished on its top and side surfaces.

A further object is to provide means which extend upward from the bottom of the reservoir to guide the cover.

A further object is to provide the cover portion with upwardly extending projections on each side thereof which serve as a pen rack and by means of which the cover tion. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line.

wa' of Fig. 2. Fig. 4.- is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line ma of Fig. 5, showing the stand in its open position, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the body portion of the stand.

A indicates the body portion of the stand which I prefer to make rectangular in form substantially as shown and is made wlth its top surface A a plane surface. The body portion may be cored out as illustrated in Fig. 2 at A if desired.

The body portion is provided with a reservoir A and a dip cup A which are in open communication with each other by reason of a passage A A and A are projections which extend from the bottom of the stand upward to nearly the top of the body portion and inward from the front portion of the stand a .suflicient distance to serve as a guide for the cover.

A and A are projections which extend from the rear portion of the reservoir, therein, to assist in preventing lateral movement of the cover when the cover is moved to eX pose the dip cup.

A is an inwardly projecting portion and serves as an abutment for the cover to limit its movement in opening the dip cup.

I prefer to form a recess A around the top edge of the main reservoir to form a shoulder as shown, above which shoulder the ink should not rise when filling the stand. The dip cup A, I prefer to extend somewhat below the bottom of the main reservoir, so that all of the ink may be taken up by the pen.

The cover B is provided on each side of its top with upwardly extending portions B spaced apart from each other as illustrated to serve as a pen rack. When the pen is laid across the stand between said project-ions, it may be used to open and close the stand by pushing the pen holder against said projections to force the-cover to its open or closed position as will be readily understood, and without any appreciable loss of time so that the inkstand may be normally closed.

The under side of the cover is recessed, so that a very small bearing surface will rest in contact with the top of the body portion. This bearing surface is illustrated by the rib B which extends all around the edge of the cover and by means of which the friction between the cover and body portion is reduced to a minimum.

Depending from the middle of the cover and formed integral therewith, is a guide portion B which extends nearly to the bot tom of the stand and is constructed to slide in the recess A and thereby guide said cover. The rear end of said depending portion indicated by B is constructed to abut againstthe projection A in the body portion when the front edge of the cover is open sufliciently. to properly expose the dip cup A and the body portion of the stand is extended at its rear end a suflicient distance to support the rear end of the cover when it is in its open position on the stand. The front end of the depending portion 13 is constructed to abut against the front wall of the dip cup A when moved to cover the dip cup as illustrated in Fig. 2, so that the cover is limited in its movement in either direction when moved to open or close said clip cup, but may not be moved far enough in either direction to expose the main reservoir A I By the construction above described, I have provided an inkstand of exceptional utility and cheapness of cost in production which may be produced in cut glass at a very low cost due to the fact that the surfaces to be out are all plane surfaces.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A two part inkstand comprising a body portion having a reservoir therein and a cover for the reservoir resting on the top of said body portion, said cover being provided with a rib having an extended surface projecting within said reservoir, and projections extending upward within the reservoir for engaging said rib and guiding the cover throughout the range of its movement in either direction.

2. A two part inkstand comprising, a body portion having a flat top, a reservoir within the body portion and a guide extending from the bottom of said reservoir upward nearly to the topthereof, and a low solid cover for the reservoir resting on said body portion and movable longitudinally thereof and provided with a depending portion having an extended surface adapted to co-act with said guide to guide said cover longitudinally thereon, throughout its range of movement.

3. A two part inkstand comprising a body portion having an extended surface having a flat top, a main reservoir Within the body portion and a dip cup located at one side thereof and a restricted passage connecting said main reservoir with said dip cup,and a low cover for said reservoir and dip movable longitudinally over the reservoir and dip to cover and expose the dip, said cover having a depending portion projecting into said passage and serving to guide same longitudinally of the body portion, throughout its range of movement, said depending portion being adapted to pass through the dip to abut the outer wall of the base.

4. A tWo part inkstand comprising a body portion the top of which presents a plane surface, and having its reservoir entirely therein, means connected to and extending upward from the bottom of the interior of said reservoir for guiding the cover, and a cover for said reservoir movable longitudinally over the reservoir resting on said plane surface and having depending means co-acting with said upwardly extending means in the reservoir to guide said cover longitudinally on said body portion.

5. A two part inkstand comprising a body portion having its top formed with a plane surface and a low cover mounted and movable longitudinally thereon and having its under side recessed to form a rib at its edge and contacting with the plane surface of the body portion for the purpose set forth, and means comprising a rib having an extended surface depending from the cover within said reservoir for guiding the cover and limiting its movement in each direction.

6. A two part inkstand comprising a body portion having its top formed with a plane surface and having a reservoir therein, and a recess extending around the top of said reservoir, and a cover resting on said plane surface and having a depending portion which serves as a guide therefor.

7. An inkstand comprising a body portion containing a reservoir, a cover therefor, means for guiding said cover longitudinally on said body portion so as to open and close said reservoir, there being projections formed on the top of said cover so as to constitute a pen rack, said projections being so proportioned as to enable the reservoir to be uncovered through the instrumentality of the penholder by the natural movement of the hand in removing a pen from the rack.

8. An inkstand comprising a body portion containing a reservoir, a cover therefor, means for guiding said cover longitudinally on said body portion so as to open and close said reservoir, said cover having laterally spaced projections formed thereon, said projections having recesses formed therein and located entirely above the body of the cover, permitting the operator to firmly grasp the pen and at the same time push the cover forward to open the reservoir.

9. An inkstand comprising a body portion having a reservoir therein, a cover having a depending portion extending into the reservoir, a pair of guide members located within the reservoir at the forward end thereof, and a pair of guides located within the reservoir at the rear end thereof, said guides cooperating with said depending portion to guide said cover over said body portion.

10. A two part inkstand comprising a base having a reservoir therein and a reciprocating cover for the reservoir resting on top of said base, said cover being provided with a rib having an extended surface projecting from substantially midwidth thereof into the reservoir, and projections extending upward within the reservoir and spaced from the lateral walls thereof for engaging said rib and guiding the cover throughout the range of its movement in either direction.

11. A two part inkstand comprising a base having an entirely fiat top and provided with a reservoir therein, a reciprocating cover for the reservoir resting on the to of said base, said cover being provided with a rib having an extended surface projecting within said reservoir, said rib being disposed substantially at the midwidth of the cover, and projections extending upward within the reservoir and spaced from the lateral walls thereof for engaging said rib and guiding the cover throughout its range of movement in either direction, the ends of the rib serving as stops for limiting the movement of the cover by engagement with the forward and rear walls of the reservoir. Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 25th day of February A. D. 1910.

FRANK M. ASHLEY. Witnesses:

EDWIN G. BROMLEY, MINNIE S. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

